The new device attaches to organs using proteins found in the feet of mussels Patients take a drug that leaves their tumors vulnerable to the effects of light The device, created by Japanese experts, then emits light to tackle the cancer Early trials on mice proved the form of photodynamic therapy to be effective A...
Tag: <span>Cancer Treatment</span>
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Diabetes drug and over-the-counter aspirin could improve the effectiveness of cancer treatment, reveal studies
Metformin may slow breast cancer growth and reverse treatment resistance Adding aspirin to a cancer drug could help combat tumors resistant to therapies These include pancreatic, lung and colorectal cancers, as well as melanomas A widely-used diabetes drug and over-the-counter aspirin could help boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments, two studies suggest. Research has found that metformin...
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HOW A ‘BIG BANG’ THEORY COULD CHANGE CANCER TREATMENT
Current treatments involve targeting and killing specific cancer cells, but new research points to the efficacy of an ecological approach to curing the disease. Close-up view of cancer cells. In 1976, Peter Nowell put forth the idea that cancer was more than an overwhelming growth of cells. Just like a family tree, he argued, cancer...
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DNA damage caused by cancer treatment reversed by ZATT protein
An international team led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health is the first to discover a new way that cells fix an important and dangerous type of DNA damage known as a DNA-protein crosslink (DPC). The researchers found that a protein named ZATT can eliminate DPCs with the help of another protein, TDP2....
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A new paradigm for treating transcription factor-driven cancers
In the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital describe a new paradigm for treating transcription factor-driven cancers. The study focuses on Ewing sarcoma and how the EWS/FLI transcription factor drives the malignancy – and suggests ways to disrupt the process. Transcription factors are involved in the process...
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New way to kill cancer is better than chemotherapy: Treatment will use a patient’s immune system to wipe out all of a tumour’s cells
Scientists say they have found a way to prompt the immune system into helping They found a protein which enables chemotherapy to kill tumour cells ‘silently’ The new form of chemotherapy acts as sort of red flag to the immune system The drug could be available to Britain’s 356,000 cancer patients within decade Scientists have new...
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Personalised cancer treatment
In Norway, more and more people are being affected by cancer of the mouth and throat. In recent years, the incidence has increased but the mortality has remained the same. Cisplatin is one of the most commonly administered cytostatics for this patient group. At the start of treatment, the drug works well. Gradually, though, most...
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Muscle growth finding may assist with cancer treatment
Dr Craig Harrison and Dr Kelly Walton from the Monash BDI. Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have collaboratively developed a therapeutic approach that dramatically promotes the growth of muscle mass, which could potentially prevent muscle wasting in diseases including muscular dystrophy and cancer. The approach, jointly developed with Baker Heart and Diabetes...
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Promising cancer treatment targets rare genetic flaw
An experimental cancer medicine called larotrectinib has shown promise treating a diverse range of cancers in people young and old, researchers said at a major cancer conference in the United States. The treatment targets a genetic abnormality which is often found in rare cancers—including salivary gland cancer, juvenile breast cancer, and a soft tissue cancer known as infantile fibrosarcoma—which are...
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Chemical array draws out malignant cells to guide individualized cancer treatment
A chemical array screens for malignant melanoma cell types. Each dot contains a different combination of protein segments derived from the tumor environment. Melanoma is a particularly difficult cancer to treat once it has metastasized, spreading throughout the body. University of Illinois researchers are using chemistry to find the deadly, elusive malignant cells within...